Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
NO COMPROMISE.
The Prohibitlonists Sound the Keynote
OF Their Campaign.
Clln.on b. Fisk and st. John Denounce
tho Old Parties.
They Want no EDtaugliBg Alliances
With Either.
The Evils Of Rum.Selliug Pictured In
Iurld COlOrs.
They viii Defer Electing Their Presf.
dent for Five Years.

u u JOT Five xcaISs
CHICAGO, December 1.-The National
Prohibition Conference met this morning
ut Battery ID. The business Of the Ma
tiOnal Committee was not transacted yes
terday, aud the subject under discussion
was tue appointment Of delegates TO the
nomination convention. A resolution
was passed "that the national convention
Of 1888 shall he on a basis Of twice as
manyd delegates from each State ard Terri
tory as represent it in Congress. These
delegates are to he elected by such meth.
DDS as may he decided upon by the State
committees" The en'ire day was taken
NJ with a discussion OF various topics. The
conference vas brought to a close TO night
by O grand mass meeting at Battery ID
Arnory. i. r. Holmes presiding. General
Ciiuton l.. Fisk, If New Jersey, wns
the first speaker. lis sid
/, n 7art that one grant
question j. upfer.noet in the r:inds ri
everJ thoughtful Prohibi;iou;st 70"
cao se hast hasten the day OF the ovs1.
t. :nw Of The i'oaor trs fic? We as grow
ipQ.npatient at the slow progress we arc
maxim toward that day ct triumph. ~
wondar why every gooG IAN aid W mans
rot a battle array with us. Ever. careful
s.ndeno OF the situation discovers that o
more than ever before there Is
MuRMuR AND STIR
in every city, town and hamlet in the
country on this one vital question. Mean
time, the saloon sits supremein the politics
OF the country, governing in caucus, err
ventiou and canvass. Seventy per zen. 1t
the prims RES in both The dominant poiIti-
ca! parties are convened ia Gilded saloons
or crrss road taverEs. II The great cities
OF the lard ~ss re nov dwell nore th:ih fiji
tren millions OF our PEOPLE. the saloon is
the chief inspiration in politics. ltsmastery
over the great Sra+es is appalling. The
g. Tenn QUESTION VI the hour is: How shah
W 6e,hro:.. EiHE Rum ALI! -eaiora govern
ment to the pc Pie? How shall we AROUSE
rolie Conscience which now eleeps under
the lullaby CT loyalty to paIty?' The
speaker ASSERTED these q I%estio:is could not
b. practically f is~ cred by either tn" Dam"-
cratic or Republican party. Democracy
stands up boldly rnd eays I'VE will have
nothing to do with prohibition. We ere
against Ill sumptuary lave. We like the
Prohibitiouists to keep up y strong party,
bee use they mnke
LARGER DRAFTS ON THE REPUBLICANS
t,.an upon U.s." The Republican party says
I'VE can't do it just now. Why don't you
keep quiet until we get q good ~ready?'"
We K .ow that in our ranks are the hest
men ot the country and we want to he
suf1ci,..tly nntspoken against the saloon
to rets'n them and not to BE- sufficiently
outspoEso 10 ALLEVIATE the saloon interest.
Had the R'pub'ican party taken up tn,
Issue boldly and taken such position as to
have driven the l'ouor interest from it's
ranks Ii won.d nave stopped the ex' dus OF
the best elements Of the party. called back
thO-e who have rebelled against longer sub.
mission to saloon dictatious, drawn the
conscience from the Democratic
ranks and now would have been
ends OF Psnnsy lvania avenue. There is no
safety in any compromise with this mon.
strous WRONG. We must destroy it. No
systsm Of license at regulative taxation or
restriction will avail. The Prohibition
party has but ono remedy and trat il pro.
hibition. A half million men are ready
to-day to march to the polls to en-. ,hasize
their opinions with Prohibition ballots.
Anotte " hall million are almost persuaded
to come with Us, and a million Of women
(God bless them) are marching by our sid.
i he address was received with greet Ap.
EX-GOVERNOR ST. job
then spoke as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND CIrlzENs-For near
~ forty years this country has been under
the control OF The two old parties and what
j. the legal, social, moral and political con-
Of to-day? We hang and imprison
Anarchists and ut the same time legalize,
protect and perpetuate two hundred thons-
ard saloon houses where anarchy is pro.
pagated. .hrives and iattens. While the
drupkard goes to perlition, the trnnkard
maker goes tn the J. gislature 10 CT act la xs
for the p: ople. Children cry for bread and
the father is cent home penniless and
While the mother IL powetle less
10 protect her home and her boy with a
ballot the saloon.keeper destroys both with
his ballot. Az Sabbath bells invite people
to the house VI God. the brass hand leads
the way to the Sn, day horse race. pciz.
Fl Int. base ball and beer garden. jeff
Davis in his d"tase without n ballot de.
nouncsd rs n traitor and ex-rebel; Guerilla
NJ .sby. in the prime u manhood with a
ballot given u foreign mission. TIE right Of
free halo demu:ded fnr the black mau OF
the South while white men are
u-sED AND HUNG IN EFFlaY
Tor e1erc.s.ag tuet right in the NORTH.
Ministers e the Gospel were pros; cuteo
and a1'r": from tbs pulpit for p~eas -;og
AVG voting against African slavery Io,t-
veas- asc, aha they ht.vs been prosecuted,
b~0ycot.2i aud driven IRON tie Lu!pit 10
/, .. ts.. 4. ,st vnf.uO Il. Ooiook -,,.,
to-day. LOyejoy fell u martyr 10 freedom
in the ti.ht AGAINST slavery curse. Had
dock and Gambrel and four Others ha We
fallen martyrs to our homes in this
struggle Against the saloon curse.
Alter proceeding in the strain OF vivid cOm-
par:son i" this style. he preceded: Aud
yet people are asked to perpetnate tee
political parti's under whose rule this rom
dit;On III things has been brought ahou,
acd why? surely ~ because either OF
them eta nd pledged to a higher 1t a rrJari of
morality, the suppression ot liquor traffic
and greater protection 10 Our homes aud
our boys, Tor N such pledges are mehe b.,
them. Then what is the result of voting
for such parties why simply to continue
the Ordsr 81 thing and perpetnate the
POLITICAL AND RACE p%RrJuDIcEs
u ~ '~p oIA p1EIieSs WHO nave no lf6il3
bet~e cen them except to determine which
shall have the offices and control the pub
lie plumber. The Prohibition party hss
"nO compromise with wrong Inscribed on
Its banner and NO propose to fight it our
upon that line Until under Gods guidance
every saloon has been driven from our
land and the homes oi the people made
free. and Ia 1888. As heretofore, We
propose tn appeal to reason and 70
arouse the heart aid coIscience
OF thu people that from within Ave years
from o the truckers I" the ru m-sel'ers in
the Repub'i an party will b" forced into the
Dem cratic camp or compelled to Join the
Prohibition party. There will be NJ other
place f.r th,m to 20, and in this Campaign
the man VIII" shall lead us to y glorious
triumph is that honest patriot and Chris
tian statesman. Clinton b. Fisk, VI New
Jersey.
dwelling Garfeld's Statue.
CINCINNATI. December 1.-The Garfield
bronze statue by Niehaus was unveiled
this afternoon before an immense con.
course Of people. A daughter OF Mayor